The writers have sausaged the story (really just a situation) into simple and simplistic sitcom formula, which delivers some laughs.
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Dr. Dolittle (1998)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:14
Rotten:19
Average Rating:5.3/10
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A remake of the 1967 Richard Fleischer film of the same name, DR. DOLITTLE follows an animal doctor whose patients' barks, squeals, and meows turn into actual human voices, stirring up the... [More]
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Norm MacDonald
Director: Betty Thomas
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The moral of Dr. Dolittle is follow your bliss no matter what anyone else thinks.
03/02/02
Even star Eddie Murphy seems bored.
04/01/09
Why are creatures commenting here on copulation and what are anal thermometers doing being swallowed up by canines’ rears in a kids’ picture?
11/23/01
Contains so much crude/sexual humor that they appear to be targeting an audience just a year shy of teenagehood, but the animal antics seem aimed more at the kindergarten set.
01/01/00
Os roteiristas parecem pensar que o simples fato de estarmos vendo um cachorro resmungando é engraçado, não importando o que ele fale. O problema é que importa, sim - e muito.
05/31/02
Murphy does little more than react to stupid pet tricks.
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